Green Zone 2010

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 115 min

genre: action

theme: political thriller

director: Paul Greengrass

Score: 7 / 10

Green Zone is a 2010 action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Brian Helgeland, based on a 2006 non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran. The book documented life within the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Plot

On March 19, 2003, Iraqi Army General Mohammed Al-Rawi flees his residence amid the bombardment of Baghdad. Before leaving the compound he passes a notebook to his aide Seyyed, instructing him to warn his officers to get to their safehouses and wait for his signal.

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author	Brian Helgeland
contentLocation	Iraq
director	Paul Greengrass
editor	Christopher Rouse
genre	action political thriller
keywords	101st airborne division abduct army general around the world ba\'ath party baghdad capture cbrn central intelligence agency chemical corps chief warrant officer cia officer coalition provisional authority order 2 curveball dead end debrief decision to disband the entire iraqi army first persian gulf war for you green zone gulf war hiding place hunt intel intelligence iraq and weapons of mass destruction iraqi army iraqi ground forces iraqi weapons of mass destruction mass destruction meet mohammed persian gulf safe house special forces talk the wall street journal their way united nations united states army united states army special forces united states department of defense us army us department of defense wall street wall street journal warrant officer
musicBy	John Powell
producer	Eric Fellner Lloyd Levin Paul Greengrass Tim Bevan
productionCompany	Antena 3 Films Dentsu Relativity Media StudioCanal Working Title Films
publisher	StudioCanal Universal Pictures
recordedAt	Morocco Spain
theme	political thriller war